This article contains lists of the most common surnames in some of the countries of Asia, including Taiwan and six transcontinental countries but excluding the Middle Eastern countries (except Israel and Turkey). Countries are arranged in alphabetical order.

Armenia

Source: Armenia's Voter List

Rank Name Armenian Root name1Grigoryan Grigor (Gregory)2Harutyunyan Harutyun ("resurrection") 3Sargsyan Sargis (Sergius) 4Hovhannisyan Hovhannes (John)5Khachatryan Khachatur ("given by cross")6Hakobyan Hakob (Jacob)7Petrosyan Petros (Peter)8Vardanyan Vardan9Gevorgyan Gevorg (George)10Karapetyan Karapet ("forerunner")11Mkrtchyan Mkrtich ("baptist")12Ghazaryan Ghazar (Lazarus)13Manukyan Manuk ("child")14Avetisyan Avetis/Avetik ("good news")15Poghosyan Poghos (Paul)16Martirosyan Martiros ("martyr")17Sahakyan Sahak (Isaac)18Arakelyan Arakel ("apostle")19Margaryan Margar20Davtyan Davit (David)

Azerbaijan Rank Name Romanization Meaning 1 Məmmədov Mammadov "Son of Mammad" 2 Əliyev Aliyev "Son of Ali" 3 Hüseynov Huseynov "Son of Hüseyn" 4 Həsənov Hasanov "Son of Hasan" 5 Quliyev Guliyev "Son of Qulu" 6 İsmayılov Ismayilov "Son of Ismayil" 7 Əhmədov Ahmadov "Son of Ahmad" 8 Abdullayev Abdullayev "Son of Abdulla" 9 Abbasov Abbasov "Son of Abbas" 10 Cəfərov Jafarov "Son of Jafar"

Bangladesh

Rank Name Romanization Meaning 1 Akter Star 2 Islam Submission 3 Khatun Noblewoman 4 Hossain Handsome 5 Rahman Gracious 6 Ahmed

Cambodia

Khmer IPA Romanization OriginកូយKuyកឹមKemកែបKep កែវ kaew Keo (2nd most popular surname in Cambodia) meaning glass or jewel or crystal ខាត់ kʰat Khat Chinese ខាយ kʰaːy Khay 凱/凯 (triumphant, victorious) ខៀវ kʰiəw Khiev 喬/乔 (Chinese "qiao", Vietnamese "kiều") ខ្លូត kʰlout Khlot generic name for melon-like fruit គឹម kɨm Kim 金 (Korean "Kim" / Mandarin Chinese "Jin", meaning gold)គួចKouchកាំងKaingឃាងKheang ឃិន Khin Chinese 欽/钦 (respect, admiration)ឃីមKhim ចន្ទ Chan/Chhan/Jan Sanskrit word Candra (चन्द्र) meaning moonចាន់ChanចាបChapBirdចេងCheng ចេន ceːn Chen/Jen 陳 (Given only to Cambodians of Chinese descent) ឆន cʰɑːn Chhorn 終/终; whole, complete, entire.ឆាយ ជា ciə Chea 谢 (Chinese Xie)ជាម ciəm Cheam bowl.Headley, Robert K. "SEAlang Library Khmer", SEAlang Library, 05/14/2018 From Persian جام (jam) meaning "cup". Or could be from Chinese 詹 (zhan) meaning "talk too much." ជិន cin Chin/Jin ជឹម cɨm Chim/Choem ជ័យ cɨj Chey/Jey/Jay Most popular surname in Cambodia, the Cambodian word "chey" meaning "victory" or "victorious", derived from Sanskrit jaya (जय) ឈិត cʰit Chhet/Chhit 奇 (odd, unusual)ឈិន陳/陈 (old) ឈឹម cʰəm Chhim/Chhem 欽 (respect, admiration) ញឹក ɲɨk Nhek abbreviation of 涅槃 (Nirvana) ដួង duəŋ Duong beloved, dear, darling ឌិត dɨt Dith ḍita from Sanskrit Paṇḍita (पण्डित) meaning wise man or scholar; or Chinese 狄 ("Di") ឌិន dɨn Din from ḍina (डिन) in Pali meaning flightឌីDy ឌុល dul Dul from ḍula (डुल) in Pali meaning earring or tremble ឌួង duəŋ Duong Chinese 東/东 (east) តក់ Tok Droplets of water តាង taːŋ Tang 唐 តាត taːt Tat 達/达 (attain) តូច touc ~ tuːc Toch/Touch small តាំង taŋ Taing Possibly from Chinese 凳 meaning "bench" or "chair".ថនThanទាវTeav ទី tiː Ty ទុំTumទ្រីTry ទេព teːp Tep from Deva (देव), Sanskrit for god or divine ធី tʰiː Thy នីNy ប្រាក់ Prak Khmer for silver ប៉ាង paːŋ Pang 龐/庞 (vast) ប៉ុក pok Pok 波 (Bo) ប៊ុន bun Bun 本 (the four winds, from Vietnamese bốn) ប៉ែន paen Pen/Ben 賓/宾 (guest/visitor) ផាន pʰaːn Phan 潘 (to overflow; be abundant)ពិជPechពេជ្រPich means Diamonds in Cambodia ភី pʰiː Phy guardian, one of great importance មា maː Ma ม้า (Thai version of Chinese "Ma") មាន miən Mean rich or wealthy; or 緬/缅 (nostalgic, distant) មាស miəh Meas Khmer for gold មួយ muəy Muy/Muoy the number 1 មូល muːl Mul round មេង meːŋ Meng 孟 (Chinese "Meng") ម៉ៅ maʋ Mao 毛 (Chinese "Mao"), locals argue that it came from a spoken form of the Khmer word black or kmav (ខ្មៅ).However this word is reconstructed from Proto-Austro-Asiatic as *kVm and thus is unlikely to be so. យស់ yuəh Yos/Yous យុន yun Yun 尹 (Chinese "Yun") យូ yuː Yu 尤 (Chinese "Yu") រស់ rʊəh Ros/Rous to liveរួយRouy លិម lim Lim 林 (Chinese "Lin", meaning forest)លីLyលីវLivលឹមLim វ៉ាង ʋaaŋ Vang វង្ស ʋʊəŋ Vong Circle, line of descent. Derived from the Sanskrit word vaṃśa (वंश) meaning lineage. ស sɑː Sor/Sar White សង sɑːŋ Sang Payback សម sɑːm Sam សរ sɑː Sor/Sar សាង saːŋ Sang 常 (Variation of Chinese "Chang") សាត saːt Sat សាន saːn San សាយ saːj Say សិន sɨn Sin 森; (Forest) សឺន səɨn Son សុខ sok Sok from Sanskrit Sukha (सुख) meaning joy or happiness សុង soŋ Song សុន son Son ស៊ុយ suy Suy 隋 (Sui Dynasty) សូ soː So 蘇/苏 (Chinese "Sū") ស៊ូ suː Su 蘇/苏 (Chinese "Sū") សួន suən GardenសឿងSeoung សៀង sieŋ Sieng/Seang Soy or Shang (From Shang Hai City) សេង seiŋ Seng 常 (Variation of Chinese "Chang"). Or from Chinese 乘 (seng) meaning "to multiply" សេន sein Sen Cent សោម saom Som from Sanskrit soma (सोम) meaning moon or skyសៅSaoហាក៉Hak ហុង hoŋ Hong from Chinese 洪 "Hong" meaning water or flood listed 184th among the Song-era Hundred Family Surnames ហ៊ុន hun Hun money investment, share (of stocks). Thai or Chinese etymology. Possibly related to 份 ("Hun" in Hokkien) meaning "share, portion." ហូ hou Ho/Hu 胡 (Chinese "Hu")ឡាយLay來/来 (Chinese "Lai", meaning Come) ឡុង loŋ Long 龍/龙 (Chinese "Long", meaning dragon) អាង aːŋ Ang/Aang 吳/吴 (Cantonese variation of surname "Wu") អិម ʔim Im/Yim 任 (Hakka Chinese 'jim5') អុង ʔoŋ Ong 王 (Chinese "Wang" (pronounced Ong in Hokkien dialect), meaning king) អ៊ុច ʔuc Uch/Ouch To Light អ៊ុយ ʔuj Uy អៀម ʔiəm Eam/Iem/Iam អៀវ ʔieʋ Iv/Eav/Eaw 楊/杨 (Chinese "Yang") អ៊ុំ ʔum Um Aunt (A parent's older brother or sister) ឯក ʔaek Ek/Aek Self, Single; from Sanskrit eka (एक) ឱក ʔaok Ok/Aok 玉 (Jade) ឱម ʔaom Om 嚴/严 (Chinese "Yan")

China

According to a report released by the Ministry of Public Security in January 2019, there are 6,150 different surnames in China with the top 100 surnames used by 85% of the population in 2018.

Rank Name Romanization Total number in China Simp. Trad. 1 王 Wáng /Wong 101,500,000 2 李 Lǐ /Lee 100,900,000 3 张 張 Zhāng /Cheung 95,400,000 4 刘 劉 Liú /Lau 72,100,000 5 陈 陳 Chén / Chan 63,000,000 6 杨 楊 Yáng /Yeung 46,200,000 7 黄 黃 Huáng/Wong 33,700,000 8 赵 趙 Zhào/Chiu 28,600,000 9 吴 吳 Wú /Ng 27,800,000 10 周 Zhōu/Chow 26,800,000 11 徐 Xú /Tsui 20,200,000 12 孙 孫 Sūn/Suen 19,400,000 13 马 馬 Mǎ/Ma 19,100,000 14 朱 Zhū/Chu 18,100,000 15 胡 Hú/Wu 16,500,000 16 郭 Guō/Kwok 15,800,000 17 何 Hé/Ho 14,800,000 18 林 Lín/Lam 14,200,000 19 高 Gāo/Ko 14,100,000 20 罗 羅 Luó/Law 14,000,000

Georgia

Rank Name Romanization Total Number 1 ბერიძე Beridze 24,962 2 მამედოვი MamedovMamedovi 23,675 3 კაპანაძე Kapanadze 17,202 4 გელაშვილი Gelashvili 16,350 5 ალიევი AliyevAlievi 15,742 6 მაისურაძე Maisuradze 14,824 7 გიორგაძე Giorgadze 12,954 8 ლომიძე Lomidze 11,796 9 წიკლაური Tsiklauri 11,571 10 ბოლქვაძე Bolkvadze 10,916 11 კვარაცხელია Kvaratskhelia 10,447 12 ნოზაძე Nozadze 10,183 13 ხუციშვილი Khutsishvili 10,075 14 შენგელია Shengelia 9,928 15 აბულაძე Abuladze 9,663 16 მიქელაძე Mikeladze 9,220 17 ტაბატაძე Tabatadze 8,654 18 მჭედლიშვილი Mchedlishvili 8,446 19 ბაირამოვი BairamovBairamovi 8,373 20 გოგოლაძე Gogoladze 8,362

India Rank Name Meaning Total number (2014) 1 Devi Goddess 70,362,192 2 Singh Lion 34,838,027 3 Kumar Prince 31,111,248 4 Das Servant 11,368,810 5 Kaur Princess 9,480,229 6 Ram 7,228,601 7 Yadav Name of a caste 6,993,402 8 Kumari 6,615,155 9 Lal Darling, epithet of Krishna, or red 5,669,679 10 Bai 5,339,803

Indonesia

Most Indonesians, particularly from the western parts, do not use family names. Only some ethnic groups maintain family names, such as Bataks, Nias, Mentawai, some Dayaks, and most ethnic groups in eastern Indonesia (except in Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, and some groups in Sulawesi, such as the Butonese).

Israel

Rank Name Romanization Meaning Frequency 1 כהן Cohen "priest" 1.93% 2 לוי LeviLevy "Levite" 1.12% 3 מזרחי MizrachiMizrahi "easterner" 0.33% 4 פרץ Peretz Perez also from Pérez 0.32% 5 ביטון Biton from Chaim"life" 0.30% 6 דהן Dahan "oil merchant" 0.23% 7 אברהם AvrahamAbraham 0.22% 8 פרידמן Friedman "Man of peace"Kaganoff, B. C. A Dictionary of Jewish Names and Their History. Schocken Books (New York), 1977. Zeichner, Saul. Kolomea Research Group. "Surnames of Interest: Origins and/or Meanings". 3 Nov 2010. Accessed 1 Feb 2012.0.21% 9 מלכה MalkaMalcah"queen" 0.19% 10 אזולאי Azoulay "of a priestly dynasty""blue eyed" 0.19% 11 כץ Katz "priest of righteousness"Beider, Alexander & al. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames. Avotaynu (New York), 1993. Zeichner, Saul. Kolomea Research Group. "Surnames of Interest: Origins and/or Meanings". 3 Nov 2010. Accessed 1 Feb 2012."priest of Zadok"Gotthard Deutsch. Jewish Encyclopedia. "Katz". 1906. Accessed 1 Feb 2012.0.19% 12 יוסף Yosef Joseph 0.18% 13 דוד David Davidfrom Davidson & al. 0.17% 14 עמר AmarOmer "farmer""sheaf" 0.17% 15 אוחיון OhayonOchion "son of Chaim" 0.16%

Rank Name Romanization Meaning Frequency 16 חדד HadadChadad "smith" 0.16% 17 גבאי Gabai synagogue warden; sexton 0.16% 18 בן דוד Ben-David "son of David" 0.14% 19 אדרי Edry/EdriAdary from Draa valley in Morocco 0.14% 20 לוין Levin "Levite" 0.14% 21 טל Tal "dew" 0.13% 22 קליין Klein "small" 0.13% 23 חן ChenKhen "loveliness""grace" 0.13% 24 שפירא Shapira "Speyerer" 0.13% 25 חזן ChazanHazan "cantor" 0.13% 26 משה Moshe Moses 0.13% 27 אשכנזי Ashkenazi "German" 0.12% 28 אוחנה Ohana "Son of Hannah" 0.12% 29 סגל SegalSegel "assistant to the Levites" (S'gan Levi) 0.12% 30 גולן Golan 0.12%

Japan

RankName2008 estimates Kanji Romaji Numbers%1Satō1,990,0001.572Suzuki1,900,0001.503Takahashi1,470,0001.164Tanaka1,340,0001.065Watanabe1,200,0000.956Itō1,150,0000.917Nakamura1,080,0000.858Kobayashi1,060,0000.849Yamamoto1,020,0000.8110Katō920,0000.7311Yoshida850,000—12Yamada820,000—13Sasaki710,000—14Yamaguchi640,000—15Matsumoto630,000—16Inoue600,000—17Kimura580,000—18Shimizu560,000—19Hayashi550,000—20Saitō530,000—21Saitō520,000—22YamazakiYamasaki490,000—23NakajimaNakashima480,000—24Mori470,000—25Abe470,000—26Ikeda450,000—27Hashimoto450,000—28Ishikawa440,000—29Yamashita410,000—30Ogawa410,000—31Ishii400,000—32Hasegawa390,000—33Gotō390,000—34Okada380,000—35Kondō370,000—36Maeda370,000—37Fujita370,000—38Endō360,000—39Aoki350,000—40Sakamoto350,000—41Murakami340,000—42Ōta320,000—43Kaneko310,000—44Fujii310,000—45Fukuda300,000—46Nishimura300,000—47Miura300,000—48Takeuchi290,000—49Nakagawa290,000—50Okamoto290,000—51Matsuda290,000—52Harada290,000—53Nakano290,000—54Ono280,000—55Tamura280,000—56FujiwaraFujihara270,000—57Nakayama270,000—58Ishida270,000—59Kojima260,000—60Wada260,000—61Morita250,000—62Uchida250,000—63Shibata250,000—64Sakai240,000—65Hara240,000—66TakagiTakaki240,000—67Yokoyama240,000—68Andō240,000—69MiyazakiMiyasaki240,000—70UedaUeta240,000—71Shimada230,000—72Kudō230,000—73Ōno220,000—74Miyamoto220,000—75Sugiyama220,000—76Imai220,000—77Maruyama210,000—78Masuda210,000—79TakadaTakata210,000—80Murata210,000—81Hirano210,000—82Ōtsuka210,000—83SugawaraSugahara210,000—84TakedaTaketa200,000—85Arai200,000—86KoyamaOyama200,000—87Noguchi200,000—88Sakurai200,000—89Chiba200,000—90Iwasaki200,000—91Sano200,000—92Taniguchi200,000—93Ueno200,000—94Matsui190,000—95KōnoKawano190,000—96Ichikawa190,000—97WatanabeWatabe190,000—98Nomura180,000—99Kikuchi180,000—100Kinoshita180,000—

Kazakhstan Provided here is a list of the 33 most common surnames in Kazakhstan according to the Ministry of Justice of Kazakhstan as of 2014.Стали известны самые распространённые фамилии в Казахстане — Новости Общества — Новости Mail.Ru List of the most popular surnames of Kazakhs of Kazakhstan